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    Studio XPS 13 and Win 7....

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ckthepilot, Sep 22, 2009.

  1. ckthepilot

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    Anyone have a guide for a 64 bit win 7 install? I got a few drivers left that need to be installed but have no clue what they are. In the hardware list, they are listed with question marks as:

    Base system device
    Base system device
    Base system device
    Coprocessor
    Unknown Device

    I have nothing hooked up to it so I'm not sure what drivers need to be corrected.
     
    ckthepilot, Sep 22, 2009
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    DemonicHawk Notebook Consultant

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    That's the SD Card Reader and the Infra-red. Use Windows Update to get the drivers for them, the Dell ones don't work in Windows 7.
     
    DemonicHawk, Sep 22, 2009
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    Got it. I downloaded the video card driver (185.85) from nvidia and my laptop still shows standard VGA... That is weird.. I also have 4gb ram installed on the system (64 bit win 7 ultimate) but shows only 3.75 as useable? Anyone know why?
     
    ckthepilot, Sep 22, 2009
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    Sephoroth Notebook Evangelist

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    Chances are the ~250 MB of your RAM is being shared with the GPU(s). Personally, I have 3.83GB of "usable" RAM.
     
    Sephoroth, Sep 22, 2009
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    Now I got another issue. I tried to connect the laptop to the TV via HDMI. The laptop does not detect anything... Any suggestions?
     
    ckthepilot, Sep 23, 2009
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    jdancer Notebook Enthusiast

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    You need the nForce 730i chipset drivers from nvdia.com.

    They way I install Win7 is:

    1) install from usb drive
    2) install latest nForce 730i chipset drivers
    3) install latest nvidia geforce 9 mobile video driver
    4) let Windows update finish
     
    jdancer, Sep 23, 2009
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    I tried that. Software installs smoothly but when I go install the actual video driver it says my hardware is incompatible? o_O
     
    ckthepilot, Sep 23, 2009
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